Sunday, September 16, 2007

"Arab Chief"

Artist Jay Rolfe and his wife Randy Rolfe spent the day gardening and having fun at the Chester County Restaurant Festival in West Chester. It's an annual event featuring almost all the local restaurants, thousands of people, music, and lots of great food. It was a perfect day for it, sunny and the temperature in the high 60's. Then we stopped at the Four Dogs Tavern and ran into my photographer Michelle Snyder of Bella Photography in Downingtown PA. It was a fun day.

Today's photo is another of my favorites from the Philadelphia Museum of Art (I posted another favorite on Friday, 2 days ago). This is titled "Arab Chief" by Mariano Fortuny, a Spanish painter, and was painted in 1874. It's large, detailed, and wonderful to see.

This is the latest step of artist Jay Rolfe on his Journey From Starving Artist To 21st Century Picasso. You may view some of Jay Rolfe's unique artistic idea, his 3-D Shaped Stretched Canvas paintings, on his website at http://www.3dssc.com/.

About Me

Innovative 3-D painter Jay Rolfe reveals beauty, vision, and hope for the 21st Century that uplifts the spirit and nourishes the soul. Yes, many people feel pain, depression, or disorientation in modern life. And the art world today is crowed with artists depicting the despair, decay, debris, destruction, and even the supposed futility of modern life. Rolfe's artistic vision is that we can, and often do, transcend the problems of modern life. Jay Rolfe's art is a testament to freedom, celebration, and fun. Rolfe's 3-D paintings are large and have depth, vibrant color, and a familiar shape, often with humor or tongue-in-cheek.